Edit a Lightsail DNS zone

Edit the DNS records in your domain's DNS zone. You can also delete your domain's DNS zone in Amazon Lightsail if you want to transfer management of your domain's DNS records to another DNS hosting provider or back to the registrar where you registered your domain. For more information, see Delete a DNS zone in Lightsail

Note

Before you can edit records using the DNS editor in the Lightsail console, you must transfer management of your domain's DNS records to Lightsail. For more information, see Create a DNS zone to manage your domain’s DNS records.

Edit DNS records

You can edit the DNS records for your domain's DNS zone at any time using the Lightsail console.

To edit the DNS zone

1. Sign in to the Lightsail console.

2. On the Lightsail console home page, In the left navigation pane, choose Domains & DNS.

3. Choose the name of the DNS zone you want to edit.

4. On the DNS zone DNS records page, choose the Delete icon next to the record you want to delete.

5. When you're done, choose the Save icon to save your changes.

   Note

   Allow time for the DNS record changes to propagate through the internet's DNS, which may take several hours.